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Industry blocks New York packaging law in final hours
Packaging Gateway
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June 19, 2025
New York’s 2025 legislative session officially concluded on June 12, 2025, bringing an end to the intense debate over the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA). Despite extended sessions in the final days, the bill did not...
New York officials secure over $400k in crypto from Facebook ad scam
crypto.news
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June 19, 2025
Over $440,000 in stolen crypto funds has been secured by New York officials in an ongoing fraud investigation that targeted locals. Authorities from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, the New York State Attorney General’s Office, and the New...
New York's Staten Island Ferry Begins Transition to Renewable Diesel
Ship & Bunker
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June 19, 2025
Staten Island Ferry has begun its transition to renewable diesel, with all city vessels set to follow by 2026. Image Credit: NYC New York City's government-operated Staten Island Ferry has begun its shift to renewable diesel, following the first...
New York State issues recall on cannabis products
WBNG - New York
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June 19, 2025
ALBANY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- New York State’s Office of Cannabis Management is issuing a recall on multiple cannabis products produced by IndoGrow LLC. According to the New York State Office of Cannabis Management, the regulated cannabis products are...
Finalists announced for 2025 New York AEM-Leopold Conservation Award
Empire State Today - New York
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June 18, 2025
Richard Ball, Commissioner | Agriculture for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Richard Ball, Commissioner | Agriculture for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets New York State Agriculture Commissioner...
What’s the Best Way to Estimate Residential Construction in New York State?
Programming Insider
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June 19, 2025
Construction estimation services are a science. It depends on the state. The state’s diverse regions, from urban New York City to rural upstate towns, bring different cost drivers, building codes, and market conditions. A one-size-fits-all...
New York Uncovers Major Crypto Scam Targeting Russians
BeInCrypto
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June 18, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a crackdown on a social media-based crypto scam ring. Police froze $300,000 in assets and seized another $140,000, along with domain names and email addresses. Despite the SDNY’s pledge to slow...
X Sues New York Over Content Moderation Disclosure Law
News Central TV
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June 19, 2025
Elon Musk’s X Corp. has filed a lawsuit against a New York state law that mandates social media companies to disclose their handling of hate speech and disinformation. The legal challenge, lodged in a federal court in Manhattan, seeks to block the...
Sohan Qadri’s Search for Samsara at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
The Times of India
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June 19, 2025
In Search of Transcendence at Sundaram Tagore New York is an exhibition that dances in the spirit of the sublime though the pinholes and folded edges of corrugated, dyed paper sheets that unfold saga of a meditation practitioner, Sohan Qadri....
Rio Linda native Cam Skattebo signs rookie deal with New York Giants
KXTV, ABC 10 - California
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Skattebo was a star at ASU for two seasons after transferring from Sacramento State, helping the Sun Devils win the Big 12 and reach the College Football Playoff. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Nearly two months after being drafted by the New York...
Dizzy Reece’s Legacy from Windrush to New York
Jazzwise
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In October 1959, Jamaican trumpeter Dizzy Reece left London for New York on the liner Liberte, taking his wife and daughter with him. At the quayside, he was met by Alfred Lion of Blue Note records, the label that had already released his...
APPO To Host Inaugural Energy Investment Roundtable In New York
Daily Independent
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June 19, 2025
1 LAGOS – The Africa Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) has announced the 1st Annual Energy Investment Roundtable – New York (2025), scheduled to take place alongside the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The event...
Chicken Alfredo Recall: These Meals Sold In New York
Lite 98.7 - New York
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June 19, 2025
If you’ve picked up a pre-packaged chicken fettuccine alfredo meal from Walmart recently, you might want to double-check your fridge. FreshRealm, a company with facilities in California, Georgia, and Indiana, is voluntarily recalling several...
Catch Me If You Can– New York Edition
The Times of India
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June 19, 2025
Outside Krispy Kreme’s flagship store in Times Square, as we waited for our coffee and doughnuts, a sudden commotion broke the buzz of the evening. A NYPD vehicle came hurtling down West 48th Street, its siren blaring, and an officer’s voice...
Consumer Brands Commends New York State Assembly for Protecting Consumers from Harmful Legislation
Consumer Brands Association - Virginia
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June 18, 2025
ARLINGTON, VA – Consumer Brands Association released the following statement from John Hewitt, senior vice president of state affairs, recognizing the New York State Assembly for protecting New York consumers from harmful legislation (A1556): “We...
New York Bill Aims to Ban New Mega-Dairies
The Good Men Project - California
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June 19, 2025
By Gaea Cabico, Sentient Media In New York, the country’s fifth largest milk-producing state, lawmakers are taking aim at the rapid growth of massive dairy farms, in what environmentalists say is a crucial first step to addressing environmental...
‘Rip Seams, Not Communities’: New York’s Garment District Fights for Survival Amid Rezoning Battle
Sourcing Journal - New York
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June 18, 2025
The puns were manifold, but the sentiment behind them was serious. “We are sew not letting this slide,” one sign said. “Don’t skirt around the zones,” read another. “Don’t rip the Garment District apart,” beseeched a third. “We’re not just a...
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Students in New York, Utah
Autochannel
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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2025 -- Students from New York and Utah will hear from NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station as they answer prerecorded questions in two separate events. At 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, June 23, NASA astronauts...
Disturbing look inside the toxic New York town where chemical disaster led to devastating deformities
Daily Mail
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June 19, 2025
Void of people and carpeted with barren patches of grass and crumbling tarmac roads, the ghost town of Love Canal has somewhat of a haunting feel. But locals say when you learn about its dark history, the deserted community in Niagara Falls, New...
URBAN AGENDA: A Long Overdue Step Toward Legal Justice
Amsterdam News - New York
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June 19, 2025
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